WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- The National Zoo is welcoming the birth of four maned lupo pups at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va.

National Zoo officials say the pups were born to 8-year-old Salina and 4-year-old Nopal. Keepers are monitoring the pups closely because maned lupo pups have a 50 percent mortality rate in the first month, according to zoo officials.

According to the National Zoo, the pups were born Jan. 5 and are the first litter born at the Front Royal location in two years. According to National Zoo officials, 72 maned lupo pups have been born at the Front...

I decided to do POVs instead of just Chelsea's story. I wanted to get drake and Chelsea's thoughts into this. Please commento to tell me wether o not this was a good idea o not. Thank you---------------------------------------------Chelsea's POV: I finally stood up looking at the Bones and meat left over from what I had eaten. Thanks to drake I wouldn't have probably gotten a meal. I'd probably be starving right now. Oh why did he have to have a mate? I didn't even know the guy and I already have a crush on him. I shake my head mumbleing to myself and walk.